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[ NNSquad ] Re: Got $55K to spare for ICANN?


An awful lot of "lawyer-vulture-speak' I'm afraid.
Lets say xyz.company (small company in the US) has been around since
1973, and xyz.corp in Bangladesh, a billion dollar company wants,
xyz.com, yet the smaller guy has been using it as a website for years.

Is the small guy, who's only claim is he registered his company in 1973
at as a local county business, going to be stood up for? I think not.
Not without him spending huge amounts to preserve his name.
As I expect its "lawver-vulture-speak" for robbing the little guy all
over again.


Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
> Lauren,
>
> I usually am very happy with the information you send out on NNSquad
> and I refrained from replying to your first message about ICANN, but
> Seth's follow-up is, I'm afraid, pointing your readers to the wrong
> direction:
> The IRT Team is old news. Sensing that there was no clear consensus in
> the community regarding many of the IRT's proposal, the GNSO put
> together a Special Trademark Issues (STI) Review Team which came-up
> with a new set of recommendations.
> The STI recommendations can be downloaded from:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sti
> and the comment period is still open until the 26th January 2010.
>
> I hope that you and your readers will take the time to read through
> the report, and comment accordingly. It is with *your* input that we
> can improve ICANN processes together.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Olivier
> At Large alternate in the STI Review Team
>